FIA Formula Two Championship runner-up Mathéo Tuscher has been nominated as Rookie of the Year for the prestigious Autosport Awards. His name appears alongside Formula 1 drivers Romain Grosjean, Charles Pic, Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne, as well as drivers from Indycar, GP2, Formula Renault 3.5 and Formula 3. Read the rest of this entry »

Johan Kristoffersson has been the class of the 2012 Superstars field by winning the Rookie of the Year contest (and an 100.000€ bonus for the next season), the International Series and the Italian Championship. On the other hand he has also been a great ambassador for the many young drivers of the championship: as happened in the last few years, the series kept highlighting some of the best prospects in racing. Read the rest of this entry »

Wyatt Gooden answers a variety of questions on making the step up from the F1600 Formula F Championship Series to the F2000 Championship Series, where he took Rookie of the Year honors and two race wins in 2012, finishing second in the Championship. Read the rest of this entry »

Louis-Philippe Dumoulin will be participating in the esteemed event, Edmonton Indy, this July 22nd in Alberta, behind the wheel of the “WeatherTech Canada/ Bellemare Dodge. After being absent for two consecutive years, the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series is making its return to Edmonton.

The great performance of Roma Racing Team’s Andrea Boffo at Monza, on a Mercedes C63 AMG, in addition to the impressive results scored by Swedish Johan Kristoffersson and German Thomas Schoffler, both running on the new Audi RS5 for Audi Sport / KMS and Audi Sport / MTM, have left a strong impression and put more attention on the “ROOKIE OF THE YEAR” contest. The special prize classification is aimed at awarding the best young racers who proved able to battle with the SUPERSTARS great. Read the rest of this entry »

Johnny Herbert looks forward to face new, young talents as Superstars launch “Rookie of the year” titleSuperstars to race in Indonesia at Sentul Jakarta on 11th November 2012

Superstars is offering a new, unique opportunity to young drivers with the launch of the brand-new Rookie of the year title. The winning driver will be offered a fully-funded ride in the European season of the 2013 AutoGP championship.

New Zealander Chris Vlok is the Formula Tour 1600 Series rookie of the year driving his BGR Team Grote Van Diemen.

He finished fourth overall in the points narrowly missing 3rd with his 5th podium of the year at the fnal round at the Le Circuit Mont Tremblant. Entering the final weekend the rookie driver was still in contention for a top 3 placing in the Championship but a tough race on Saturday which saw him spin but recover to finish 10th meant it was a long shot to overtake 3rd in the points.

Nathan Morcom remains in contention for the F2000 Championship Series Rookie of the Year title after two seventh placings in a wild day’s racing at Lime Rock Park. The Sydney teenager kept his cool despite problems on and off the 2.4km (1.5-mile) Connecticut racetrack in the 11th and 12th rounds of the American ‘development’ openwheeler series.

Scott Steckly came out on top in a fierce battle with Pete Shepherd III to win the Komatsu 300 presented by Wilson Equipment at Riverside International Speedway on Saturday and extend his lead in the championship standings of the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series. Read the rest of this entry »

Isabelle Tremblay trails Louis-Philippe Dumoulin by two points in the Rookie of the Year standings and looks to change that on Saturday, Sept. 17 in the Komatsu 300 presented by Wilson Equipment at Riverside International Speedway in Antigonish, N.S.

The 13th annual Merchants Bank 150 will open the new season at Thunder Road International Speedbowl on Sunday, May 1, 2011. There is no track on the American Canadian Tour (ACT) schedule that presents a bigger challenge to the ACT regular touring teams than Thunder Road and its regular teams. As many as eight (8) former Thunder Road “King of the Road” champions are expected to be at the opening event. Read the rest of this entry »

The 2010 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series rookie of the year Derek White isn’t through with racing competition for this year. White has agreed to drive the #6 Deer Excavating Chevrolet entry fielded by Rick Ware Racing in the final round of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series this Friday November 19th at Homestead Miami Speedway. Read the rest of this entry »

“My intention is to go to Valencia and race and hopefully do the test too” – Ben Spies

Ben Spies is hopeful of riding in next weekend’s Valencia MotoGP season finale, and the following post-race test, despite dislocating his ankle in a sighting lap crash at Estoril on Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »

American up-and-comer Gabby Chaves further strengthened his chase for top rookie honors in the Italian Formula 3 Championship this past weekend (September 25-26), narrowly missing out on an impressive podium finish at the Autodromo di Vallelunga. Read the rest of this entry »

Daniel Erickson capped off a great debut F2000 Championship Series with a final round win at Mid Ohio. l Erickson has taken another step towards achieving his Formula 1 ambition by winning the final round of the F2000 Championship Series at Mid Ohio. Read the rest of this entry »